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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>All:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I will answer as may of these questions as
I can with the information I have in the case file. Court records and
prosecutorial records must be gathered from those entities. This will be my
last posting about this case; I simply do not have time to do the job of an
investigative reporter, court clerk, and secretary in addition to my duties at
the Sheriff’s Office. I suggest if you are truly interested in this case
you take the time to gather the court documents yourself and base whatever
opinions about this case off of those rather than off anecdotal comments from
parties not involved in the case. I once again must note that decisions about
charges and sentences are not made by law enforcement. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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<font color=blue><span style='color:blue'>On what date did Sitler first confess
his pedophilic acts to local law enforcement authorities?</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Sitler was not interviewed by local law
enforcement authorities (local=any law enforcement agency in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>To what agency and to whom?</span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>See above</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Were there more than one confession to law
enforcement authorities? If so, on what dates were these made, to what
agency, and to whom?</span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Again, Sitler was not interviewed by local
law enforcement. There are no reports from other agencies in the case file.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>On what date(s) was the Latah County
Prosecutor first made aware of this confession or confessions?</span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>The PA’s office would have to answer
this question<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Is it true that Sitler's confession
indicated that he molested other children in the same family of the single
victim from whence his conviction arose?</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Although the detective’s report
alludes to having spoken to someone who mentioned Sitler had made a confession
and was cooperating fully with agencies in <st1:place w:st="on">Colville</st1:place>,
there are no reports in the case file detailing the confession<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Is it true that his confession indicates
that he may have sexually molested as many as 120 children?</span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>See above</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>On what date was Sitler first arrested or a
criminal complaint issued? Was there an arrest or a criminal
complaint? Was there ever bail request or set?</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>The detective wrote an affidavit for a
warrant of arrest that was notarized on 6/28/2005. There is no indication in
the file that an arrest warrant was issued or served<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Please tells the dates of when Sitler first
was jailed (including pre-conviction incarceration).</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>I can only report
those days he has been at the jail as LCSO. I do not have any special access
to jail or prison records in other jurisdictions. Sitler was incarcerated at
LCSO jail on 9/26/2005 after being sentenced on the felony charge. He was
released to the custody of the State on 10/3/2005. He arrived back at LCSO
jail on 2/21/2006 on an order of return. He remains in this jail.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>After his initial conviction, was he sent
to the penitentiary?</span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>When he was released
to the custody of the State the DOC and judge decide where to house the
inmate. They don’t tell the Sheriff’s Office that sort of detail.</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>When did he start his post conviction
sojourn in the Latah County Jail?</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>See jail dates above</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Is it true that he is allowed to drive
himself unescorted to both <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Pullman</st1:City></st1:place>
and Clarkston for "counseling?"</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>By order of the
judge, Sitler is allowed to do so</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Is it true that he was recently allowed to
go unescorted by local law enforcement to renew his driver's license?</span></font><font
size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>The only in/out
comments on Sitler’s jail activity record indicate being in and out for
treatment four times since he has been here</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Where else has he been allowed to go
unescorted by local law enforcement?</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>The records only
indicate him being released for treatment</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>When he is out unescorted does he wear any
kind of working electronic monitoring devices?</span></font><font size=4><span
style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <font color=black><span style='color:black'>Not that I am aware
of</span></font><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=blue face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:blue'>Does the LCSD intend to widely circulate
posters with Sitler's photo asking for parents of other possible victims to
communicate with the LCSD?</span></font><font size=4><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>LCSO (we are an office of an elected
official, not a department) does not do this in general. As with all sex
offenders, when Sitler is released, his picture will appear along with the
other sex offenders. He will be given the same treatment by law enforcement as
we give all sex offenders. Privileges like work release and treatment release
are not given by jail staff or by LEOs; they are given by judges. If Sitler
were to escape jurisdiction (like Rossignol) we would send his photo out on the
media circuit just as we did with Rossignol. We do not have the money or the
resources at LCSO to print and distribute flyers, posters, etc. on every case
that offends our sensibilities. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>If you are outraged by the response from
law enforcement in this case, I suggest you lobby the BOCC for more officers to
be added to the force. Currently we all have an average of 43 hours comp time
on the books and 154 hours of vacation, each. Our 50 sworn and non-sworn
personnel collectively have accumulated 2,140.38 hours or comp and 7,666.35
vacation. The jail is perhaps the most egregiously overworked and underpaid. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>I think there is a distorted perception,
too, that I have special access to information that I do not and that I have a
duty to report about certain things that I do not. I would love to be an
endless source of information for you, but I simply do not have the time or
resources to get all the information you want. I am swamped from the moment I
get in the office until after I was supposed to leave—like most of our
officers here, I also come in on days off to take care of details and am called
at home at all hours of the night to respond to calls (without monetary compensation,
often). Further, a lot of questions I am asked are about areas that are not my
responsibility to report upon. Essentially people are asking the Baker for a
side of beef. If I had an assistant to help me compile stats, records, records
from other agencies or entities, and someone to help my sort that information,
you’d probably be happier with the results. However, since I do not have
those people helping me it is not unreasonable to take the entities that do
have the information you seek to task.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>I realize I did not provide much
information, but this is what I have access to with our in-house records.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>--Jennifer<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>PIO Jennifer L.
McFarland<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Latah</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Sheriff's Office<br>
Public Information Officer<br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">PO Box</st1:Street> 8068</st1:address><br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">83843</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
(208) 882-2216<br>
Fax (208) 883-2281<br>
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm"><font size=2 face=Georgia><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Georgia'>http://www.latah.id.us/Dept/Sheriff_Main.htm</span></font></a><br>
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</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Georgia><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Georgia;color:black'>Truth is the summit of being; justice
is the application of it to affairs.<br>
***Ralph Waldo Emerson<br>
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</span></font><font size=4 color=black><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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</span></font>ŻŻŻŻŻŻ<o:p></o:p></p>
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